Garment supporter



Dec. 25, 1923. 1,478,716

L. B. LOVEJOY GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed April 30 )4, 445 Maw.

Arromvans.

Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

UNITED STATES.

I ,428,116, PATENT Form ca.

LOUIS B. LOVEJOY, OF.BRIDGEPOR-T, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WARNER i BROTHERS COIvIPANY, INQ, OF BRIDGEPORT: CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT surron'rnn.

Application filed April 30, 1923. Serial no. 635,462. v e

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS B. LovEJoY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairlield and b State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement 10 in garment supporters, and is directed partic: ularly to an improvement in the means for attaching the button base plate and the button-supporting tab or loop of the supporter to each other, whereby a better and more easily assembled structure is produced.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated an embodiment of my inven tion Fig. 1 showing the same in perspective;

and

Fig. 2 in section. Referring to the drawings in detail,-1

designates a suspension strap which may be elastic for example and which is secured in any suitable way to a suspension loop 2. 3

designates a button loop provided at its upper end as viewed in Fig. 1 with an attaching loop 4 attached to the suspension loop 2 by a metal sleeve 5 or any other connection which will permit of relative movement between the button loop and the suspension loop. The arms of the button loop 3 are bent so as to form an enlarged upper button-receiving o ening 6 and a lower button-receiving slot the sides of this slot being defined by the side arms 8 and 9 of the button loop which at this point extend substantially parallel to each other. button-receiving slot 7 is defined by a transverse bar 10 forming a part-of the'button loop 3 this transverse bar which is practically straight extending transversely of the loop.

Threaded through the suspension loop 2 and the attaching loop 4: is a button-supporting tab shown in .the form of a loop 11 of tape or other suitable material, the tape extending upwardly through the suspension loop 2 and over the metal sleeve 5 and down through the loop 4. The two ends of the button-supporting tab are brought together over the front face of a base plate 12 and upstanding prongs125 with which the base plate is provided, and beneath the'base of The lower end of the the button. Ears or lugs 14 formed on the base plate are bent about the sides of the tab 11 andover the base 15 of the button to clamp the tab, button and base plate to each other, the holding of the ends of the tab being assisted by the prongs 12 aforesaid.

The base 15 of the button is relatively large compared to the shank 16 to provide a good gripplng surface for the ears 14 on the base plate and to provide a comparatively large surface against which the tab ends will be clamped by the base plate thereby preventing ends of the tab or loop being pulled out, and the button from becoming detached from the base plate. y

The button 13 may be composed of rubber or any other suitable material and as will be seen from the drawings is provided with a head 17 enlarged somewhat relatively to the shank 16 to provide flanges overlying the s1de arms 8 and 9 of the loop 8 when the supporter is in use. The lower face of the shank 16 extends parallel to the transverse bar 10 to provide an area the length of this bar for gripping the garment to be supported. I

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided a supporter wherein thebutton, base plate and supporting tab are clamped to each other, thereby eliminating the usual rivets employed in this art for holding the button in place and the necessity of sewing or otherwise separately attaching the tab to the base plate.

While I have shown the button-support- I tab of. a single thickness of tape, one end be- 1 ing brought down and clamped between the base of the plate and button while the other end of the tab could be sewn or otherwise suitably attached to the suspension loop 2 or to any-other support desired.

I claim:

1. In a garment supporter a button-sup porting tab, a button,a base plate and ears on the base plate for clamping the button and the endof the tab to the base plate.

2. In a garment supporter, a button-supporting tab, a base plate, a button and ears tion of a button, a base plate and a'button- V supporting tab, said base plate being provided With portions adapted to be bent over the'base of said button to clamp the button, tab and base plate to each other and a pro jection on said base plate adapted to extend into the tabwhen the base plate is bent over the button.

This specification signed this 271day of April, 1923.

LOUIS B. LOVEJOY. 

